Source: lostcoastoutpost.com 6/6/25 Between May 19th and May 30th, 2025, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office conducted a sex offender registration compliance sweep throughout the County of Humboldt. Representatives from the Arcata Police Department, Rio Dell Police Department, Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office and State Parole assisted during the operation. During compliance sweeps, law enforcement attempts to contact registered sex offenders in Humboldt County to ensure each offender is following their registration requirements. Pursuant to California Penal Code 290, sex offender registrants are required to register in person with the law…
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Digitally Branded: The Developmental Catastrophe of Juvenile Sex Offender Registries [paper]
Source: SSRN and authored by Tammi Walker 6/6/25 Abstract Juvenile sex offender registration was never a natural fit for the youth justice system, but in the digital age, it has become deeply harmful. What began as a paper-based precaution has evolved into a sprawling digital regime that permanently brands adolescents at the most formative stage of life. This article examines how technological change has turned registration into a publicly searchable network of stigma—amplified by data aggregators, search engines, neighborhood apps, and real estate platforms—that makes youthful misbehavior both permanent and…
Read MoreCA: Senate Approves Senate Bill 680 As Amended
Source: ACSOL The California Senate approved Senate Bill 680 (SB 680) on June 4 by a wide margin. The only person who voted against SB 680 was Senator Scott Weiner, author of the Tiered Registry Law. “We commend Senator Wiener for once again protecting individuals charged with or convicted of a sex offense,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “It is unfortunate that the remaining state senators chose to ignore the fact that registrants have a low rate of re-offense.” The original version of SB 680 could have added up…
Read MoreCA: Venice Break-In Highlights Alarming Rise in Homeless Sex Offenders, Study Finds
Source: westsidecurrent.com 6/5/25 VENICE — A man accused of breaking into the apartment of an 86-year-old woman at a Venice senior housing complex with alleged intentions to sexually assault her has a history of parole violations and criminal convictions — including failure to register as a transient sex offender — raising new alarms about the intersection of homelessness, registration laws, and public safety in Los Angeles. … The case comes just as a new national study is shedding light on what researchers say is a little-discussed but increasingly urgent problem:…
Read MoreTX: Jury seated in trial of man accused of targeting registered sex offenders
Source: beneaththesurfacenews.com 6/2/25 An Erath County jury of seven men and five women were seated on Monday in the trial of Charles Austin Broyles, a suspect unofficially dubbed the “vigilante shooter.” Broyles is being tried for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with shooting a registered sex offender in the face in December 2023. He is being represented by Stephenville attorneys Ryan Taylor and Brady Pendleton. According to the arrest affidavit, Broyles was targeting registered sex offenders living in Erath County, accessing the list of…
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Read MoreJanice’s Journal: Jamaica Gets It, Why Not the U.S.?
The island nation of Jamaica has a sex offender registry and that is bad. However, the registry in Jamaica is not available to the public and that is good. One reason the Jamaican registry is not public is a vocal human rights activist who has warned and continues to warn that making the Jamaican registry public could lead to dangerous consequences. The dangerous consequences include lynchings and other attacks upon those required to register. The activist agrees that those who commit sexual offenses should be arrested, convicted and sentenced to…
Read MoreEngland: Facial Recognition in Action: Police Uses AI to Apprehend Sex Offender
Source: i-hls.com (Israel Homeland Security) 5/29/25 A recent police operation in London has demonstrated the real-world capabilities of live facial recognition technology. In a high-profile case, law enforcement identified and arrested a registered sex offender in breach of a court order, thanks to facial recognition deployed on the streets of southeast London. The technology, which scans faces in real time and compares them against a database of persons of interest, flagged 73-year-old David Cheneler while he was seen walking with a six-year-old girl, according to a report by the BBC.…
Read MoreOK: Death penalty on the table for first time child sex crime offenders
Source: news9.com 5/27/25 New Oklahoma law, effective November 1, enforces tougher sentences for child sex crimes. Rep. Turner: “When they harm our children, we will no longer tolerate it.” Oklahoma’s law against child sex predators just got tougher. Governor Stitt signed Senate Bill 599, so now, if anyone’s found guilty of committing lewd acts with a child under 14, they could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole. The bill’s author, who’s had a long career in law enforcement, says he’s seen too many cases where children were…
Read MoreTrinidad: Police caution citizens not to misuse sex offender website
Source: loopnews.com 5/28/25 Sharing or reproducing information published on this country’s sex offender registry website could land you in jail for three years. The warning against misusing the website was issued by Assistant Superintendent of Police for the Criminal Investigation Department and Criminal Records Office (CRO) Toolah Julien at yesterday’s police media briefing. He said section 48 (4) of the Sexual Offences Act says: “Any person who intentionally and without lawful excuse or justification reproduces, shares or uses any information contained on this website, commits an offence and is liable…
Read MoreUT: A judge opted not to send a child sex offender to prison. GOP lawmakers are demanding he resign.
Source: sltrib.com 5/28/25 A chorus of Republican lawmakers, led by House Speaker Mike Schultz, are demanding a Utah judge resign — or they could explore impeachment — after the judge did not send a man to prison who pleaded guilty to having child sex abuse material. But the Utah courts said in response that 7th District Judge Don Torgerson followed the sentencing guidelines that the Legislature itself approved earlier this year — a rare statement for the judiciary, who typically does not publicly comment on individual cases. Last week, Torgerson…
Read MoreJamaica: Sex offender registry danger – Advocate says making names public could be harmful
Source: jamaica-star.com 5/26/25 Making Jamaica’s sex offender registry public could do more harm than good, warns human rights activist Carla Gullotta, even as recent crimes against young girls have ignited a fierce debate about the protection of the nation’s children. Various incidents, including the sexual assault of two sisters in Old Harbour, St Catherine, by a man who had served time in prison for a previous sexual offence, has once again sparked calls for greater transparency and public access to the registry. Many believe that revealing offenders’ identities could help…
Read MoreCA: Senate Amends, Approves Bill Requiring Registration for Unlawful Intercourse
Source: ACSOL CA Senate Bill 680, which could have added up to 30,000 people to the registry was first amended, then passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 23. The original language of the bill would have required individuals convicted of sexual intercourse with a minor who is more than years younger in age to register as a sex offender regardless of the date of conviction. As amended, the bill would not be applied retroactively, but instead would be limited to those convicted of this offense on or after…
Read MoreACSOL Online Meeting June 21, 2025
You are invited to join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci and an ACSOL board member for our next meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday June 21 online on Zoom beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1:00 PM Eastern, and will last at least two hours. You can use the Zoom app or you can call in using a Zoom phone number. There is no registration needed for this meeting. No government officials are allowed to attend the meetings. This meeting will be recorded. Within…
Read MoreUK: Britain considering chemical castration for sex offenders under prison reforms
Source: reuters.com 5/22/25 LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – Britain is considering mandating the use of chemical castration for sex offenders under an overhaul of the justice system aimed at freeing up more space in its overcrowded prisons. One of the first acts of the Labour government in July was to announce plans to release more prisoners early to tackle a crisis of overcrowding in jails which ministers said threatened a “total breakdown of law and order.” The prison population in England and Wales then reached a record high in…
Read MoreUK: Prison officer who led sex offenders’ rehab found with child abuse material
Source: telegraph.co.uk 5/21/25 A prison officer who delivered rehabilitation courses to sex offenders has been placed on the register himself after being found with child abuse material and extreme pornography including a woman having sex with a donkey. Peter ______’s home in Reddingmuirhead, Falkirk, was raided by police in June last year after he was caught in a “sting” set up by so-called paedophile hunters. The 46-year-old former HMP Edinburgh officer appeared for sentence at Falkirk sheriff court on Tuesday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to communicating indecently…
Read MoreTX: Texas Lawmakers Consider Legislation to Ban Minors From Social Media
Source: Gizmodo.com 5/25/25 Texas is set to lead the nation in restrictive legislation. Under a proposed bill, minors would be banned from social media, while platforms would also be required to introduce age verification methods. While supporters say the change would make children safer, critics argue that such legislation may do the exact opposite. Introduced in November, House Bill 186 would prevent minors from creating accounts on social media platforms like Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and more. Platforms would be required to use “public or private transactional data” to verify that account holders are…
Read MoreMA: Men Caught In Prostitution Sting Aren’t Sex Traffickers, Massachusetts High Court Says
Source: reason.com 5/19/25 Does answering a prostitution ad make a man a sex trafficker? The highest court in Massachusetts says no, in a ruling that represents a win for both common sense and civil liberties. The case—Commonwealth v. Garafalo—involved a prostitution sting conducted by state police in 2021. Officers posted web ads pretending to be adult female sex workers and arrested men who met up with these “women” to pay for sex. Rather than simply charge their marks with the crime of soliciting a sex worker or engaging in sexual conduct for a fee, authorities…
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